Hello Blondie,
I was afraid to tell my husband as well. I made excuse after excuse why I couldn't drive, or go to public outings, ect for years before I finally told him just how hard it was for me. I did not keep it from him because I thought he wouldn't understand, I kept it from him because I thought I was going crazy lol.
He is SOOOO supportive of all of this now, but sometimes I think his support has made me worse in some sense. He knows driving is hard for me, so he always does it, he knows the grocery store is hard so he always takes me. I never wanted to put more stress on him than we already had. We have a business that is very stressful, and after economy went crazy, it suffered severely. Once I did tell him, I felt relief just to be able to say how it felt, but sometimes I wish he had kept making me push a little harder. He is the BEST support though when I am having an attack he sits with me, holds my hand and reminds me it will be gone soon, just stay calm, and breathe. He is always right, and it does go away!!
I say all the time that I have no idea how anyone can do this without support. I hope that by being here we can take some burden off our families by sharing with one another our success, and even our failures. It will make us stronger if we all stick together on this, and work this program together.
Thanks everyone for listening to me ramble :) :)
